[ODE] Standard for formatting the code ?

[gl]

>I agree there are many "standards" for formatting code... but I'm afraid I
> disagree with you (John Miles) : tabs are better that spaces, it's not a
> matter of RAM/hard drive ! Because anyone who would like to indent more 
> (or
> less) can do it with a reasonable editor (VisualStudio, DevC++, vi, emacs,
> eclipse...) by adjusting tab size (as long as you do not mix tabs and 
> spaces
> !). Moreover, tabs are *designed* to indent... It's simple as this ! ;)

I've also wondered about this - why do some of you prefer spaces?  Tabs are 
much faster to work with - eg. backspacing a single tab instead of (say) 4 x 
spaces.
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gl